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Tue, Oct 21, 2014·Centre Bell, Montreal

Detroit Red Wings 1, Montréal Canadiens 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET0101130500128
MTL01001111312236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 13:41DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Danny DeKeyser · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:51MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Alexei Emelin, Tomas Plekanec · Wrap-around, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:56MTLDavid DesharnaisGWGAssists: Max Pacioretty, P.K. Subban · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:45MTLDavid Desharnais: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 1:50MTLMax Pacioretty: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P2 5:34MTLBrendan Gallagher: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 17:28DETKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 15:45DETLuke Glendening: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 15:45MTLMax Pacioretty: Embellishment2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETMTL
28Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals2.4
55Shot attempts60
22Faceoffs won37
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
16Hits24
17Blocked shots19
5Giveaways5
4Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan9:34

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Nestrasil – Jurco9:40

    xG 0.06–0.16 (28%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader12:46

    xG 0.44–0.60 (42%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  4. Miller – Andersson – Glendening10:51

    xG 0.18–0.57 (23%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Smith12:55

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson13:23

    xG 0.35–0.50 (41%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – DeKeyser14:36

    xG 0.21–0.51 (29%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher12:35

    xG 0.60–0.35 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  2. Bourque – Eller – Weise11:43

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Malhotra – Moen – Prust4:20

    xG 0.09–0.02 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Plekanec – Parenteau – Galchenyuk13:16

    xG 0.43–0.45 (49%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Gilbert14:05

    xG 0.54–0.41 (57%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Gilbert – Emelin3:54

    xG 0.16–0.07 (70%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Subban2:18

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

MTL 2.4 xGDET 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #581 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 52% of the time.

MTL winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (MTL − DET), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).